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45 The only caveat I'd have to all of that was that that is what we intended to ask him as of now, but that this is an ongoing investigation. We continue to develop new facts and seek documents that we haven't yet received, and that that may not ultimately be the final universe of subject matters for Mr. Clark. But that is what we intended to ask him about today.

And, of course, any other questions that would come up as a result of things that Mr. Clark told us in the deposition.

Yeah.

For the record—I suppose it's clear, but to make it crystal clear, I proposed going through that list on the record with Mr. Clark so that he and his lawyer would have a sense of the subject matters and would articulate in response to each category the basis for his assertion of executive privilege. He refused to indulge, walked out of the deposition before we had a chance to ask those questions.

So I'm now simply making this for the record, but not for Mr. Clark, because he has left the deposition.

All right. Anything else that anyone has before we go off the record? , anything?

Mr. Schiff, any other statements that we want to make sure are reflected in the official record?

Mr. Well, I know our committee wanted to ask, among other questions, whether he had destroyed or erased any cell phone or other digital device during the course of 2021. But, as he would not even answer questions as to whether he used personal devices for the conduct of government business, he did not allow us the opportunity to ask that line of questioning either.

I viewed his refusal as categorical, without even an assertion of privilege or a